It started like any other Monday at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Morris Library. It was late in the semester. Students were busy at the library computers, working on homework or just surfing the Web. A couple of librarians were at the information desk. The first floor and the basement of the library were open and in use, but the other six floors of the building were closed. Occasionally, it felt like the library building was shaking, as construction equipment rumbled overhead on the upper floors. The library was in the thick of a multi-year construction and renovation project. It had taken months and months of planning. The contractor was hired and work was finally underway.
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